The reason why Xiang Luyang wants to attack the county seat is not because he is out of the mood, but a decision made after careful consideration, although Gao Biying and the others have Ansai as a base, but after all, it is only a temporary shelter, and they can't make long-term plans, and now the number of Gao Biying's army is developing too fast, and Ansai can no longer meet their current needs.

Instead of waiting for the time to be ripe before attacking the city, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to grab a foothold first, which can boost morale, and secondly, solve the problem that the territory in front of you is too small.

Moreover, the distance between Zichang County and Ansai Town is only a few dozen miles, and after occupying Zichang County, Ansai can also be used as a base camp to provide support to Zichang County continuously.

Lu Zhiyong and Gao Hansong couldn't take care of it much at this time, and the large troops behind them had been pursuing, if it weren't for the fact that the horse under their crotch had been resting for more than an hour, they might have been caught up by now.

The two of them with a group of brocade guards, have been running in front, but this can be a pain for the officers and soldiers behind, many of them, no war horses, can only run on two legs, smart to run to the woods on both sides, or simply kneel on the ground to surrender, those who are inflexible, or still want to resist stubbornly, were directly crushed to death by the army, in the end, not even a complete corpse left.

Xiang Luyang commanded the army, and he had always kept a distance of less than a mile from Lu Zhiyong, and at this distance, when Lu Zhiyong and the others passed through the city gate, they could rush into the city before the city gate was closed, and it would not arouse Lu Zhiyong's suspicion.

In fact, the current Lu Zhiyong didn't realize the severity of the matter at all, he always thought that it was his behavior that angered Xiang Luyang, Xiang Luyang is now just bent on killing himself, he never thought that Xiang Luyang would attack the county seat, because in his opinion, although there are many of these peasant rebels, but after all, they are just a rabble, if such people can attack the county seat, then the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid it will not survive today.

Looking at Xiang Luyang, who was desperate to chase behind, Gao Hansong asked anxiously: "What now, the enemy is getting closer and closer, should we stop, block them, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements in place?" ”

Lu Zhiyong said: "When is it, what reinforcements are there there, you don't know how many defenders there are in Zichang County, the more than 1,000 people we brought out this time are already one-third of all the defenders in Zichang County." ”

"Then again, even if the city can still send people now, do you think they will send us reinforcements? Don't forget, our two groups of people, together, are a thousand people, and he Xing Jiamu is not an immortal, how could he calculate that so many people will be sent on the other side? ”

"Maybe they're in the county government right now, ready to give the three of us a pick-up?"

"Three?" Gao Hansong asked puzzled.

Lu Zhiyong smiled bitterly and said: "Before you, Qinghu came to answer me, but he was careless for a while and was cut off by Xiang Luyang, and now the people in the city don't know about it!" ”

Hearing that Pang Qinghu was killed, Gao Hansong didn't react much, because his relationship with Pang Qinghu has always been tense.

Although the two of them were talking, the horse under the crotch had not stopped, and at this time the two of them could already vaguely see the city wall of Zichang County, after seeing the city wall, Lu Zhiyong said to the Jinyi guard beside him: "Don't relax, the more the last distance, the more you can't take it lightly, so as not to turn the tables at the last moment." ”

Seeing the city wall, all the Jinyi guards were also relieved, this life was finally picked up, and they escaped death again and again, so that the nerves of these Jinyi guards were numb, and there was no excessive joy, just blindly urging the horses to gallop.

At this time, in the county government of Zichang County, Liu Cang, the magistrate of the county, was selling wine and food, although it was already past lunch time at this time, but he knew that Xing Jiamu and others must not have eaten yet, while arranging for people to prepare wine and food, Liu Cang said to Xing Jiamu while flattering: "Lord Xing can return safely this time, it is really gratifying, the lower official has ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and he will be shocked for the adults for a while." ”

Xing Jiamu said: "There is no hurry to eat, after Lu Qianhu and the others come back, we will celebrate together." ”

At this time, He Yue had already finished changing his clothes and returned here, and when he saw Xing Jiamu talking to Liu Cang, he asked, "Lu Qianhu and the others, why haven't they come back for so long, is something wrong?" ”

Xing Jiamu said: "After more than 1,000 people are broken, it should be fine, even if Xiang Luyang's side sends chasing soldiers, at most it will be a few hundred people, and more than 1,000 well-trained officers and soldiers will deal with hundreds of peasant rebels, so it is not easy to capture." ”

He Yue said: "I hope so! ”

Looking at Zichang County, which was getting closer and closer, Xiang Luyang said to Hu Jinquan beside him: "Tell the people behind to be ready, listen to my orders in a while, as long as you give the order, everyone must move forward at full speed, and they must rush into the city before the city gate is closed." ”

When he saw the city gate, Lu Zhiyong's heart suddenly sank, he originally thought that Xiang Luyang and the others should stop the pursuit when they saw the city wall of Changzi County, but now that they are almost under the city, Xiang Luyang and others are still chasing, do they really want to attack the county seat?

Thinking of this, Lu Zhiyong said to Gao Hansong: "I think these people don't just want to chase us, they are very likely to take the opportunity to chase us and directly attack the county seat." ”

Gao Hansong is not a wine bag and rice bag, listening to Lu Zhiyong's reminder, Gao Hansong said: "If this is the case, if we introduce them into the county, then we will lose our heads for the mistake we made!" ”

Looking at the city gate not far away, and then at the chasing soldiers behind him, Lu Zhiyong gritted his teeth and said: "Divide the troops, you lead people to the west, I lead people to the east, we bypass the south gate, if they divide the troops to chase us, we will lead them to other places, if they don't chase us directly into the city, even if the city is lost, the people in the city can't blame us." ”

Gao Hansong nodded and said: "Now it can only be like this, we have tried our best, and the people in the city can only ask for more blessings." ”

When Xiang Luyang saw that Lu Zhiyong was about to arrive at the city gate, he did not enter the city, but directly divided his troops and rushed to both sides, knowing that Lu Zhiyong had discovered his intentions.

"Don't bother with those who are running, rush directly into the city, and strive to rush into the city for me in the shortest possible time." Xiang Luyang shouted loudly.

Hu Jinquan also saw that the situation was urgent, and after repeating Xiang Luyang's order, he was the first to rush towards the city gate.